GameThread #64: vs. DAL
by wyn on Mar 8, 2010 6:30 PM CST
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PrintDallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves, Mar 8, 2010 7:00 PM CST
| 2009/2010 NBA Season | ||
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| 14-49 (Home 9-22) | vs. | 43-21 (Road 21-12) |
| Vitals: | ||
| March 8, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 PM CST | ||
| Target Center | ||
| Broadcast: | ||
| Radio: 1130 AM KFAN | ||
| TV: FS North / League Pass | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jonny Flynn | PG | Jason Kidd |
| Corey Brewer | SG | Rodrigue Beaubois |
| Ryan Gomes | SF | Caron Butler |
| Ryan Hollins | PF | Shawn Marion |
| Al Jefferson | C | Dirk Nowitzki |
| Stats | ||
| (29th) -8.47 - SRS - 2.67 (12th) |
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| (29th) 101.3 - Offense - 108.8 (10th) |
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| (25th) 110.3 - Defense - 106.2 (12th) |
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| (3rd) 95.8 - Pace - 92.2 (19th) |
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Rambis was on KFAN this morning
Thought you might want to listen. Pretty good interview. The Rambis portion is about 20 minutes into this hour. You can tell that Rambis really likes the potential of Darko and wants him around next season.
http://www.kfan.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=KFAN_PADubay.xml
I want what he's smoking
Obviously saying good things about his guy, but there’s no way that Bynum has a lower upside than Darko. Maybe seven years ago, but not now.
Brewer on Beaubois, in theory, is an interesting matchup
Or do they give Corey Caron Butler?
"It has come to the editor’s attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil rights movement. We regret the omission."
I think Gomes can handle Butler
Seems like he’s turned into a mediocre jump shooter instead of being an elite slasher. I’m sure Kidd and Beaubois are licking their chops at the prospect of Flynn guarding one of them. And whoever Brewer is guarding can look forward to a bunch of open 3-point looks since Corey runs around trying to double everyone or cover for someone else’s mistake.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 7:09 PM CST up reply actions
Feelin good about this one
The ping pong balls will thank me for that kiss of death.
Dark Love is a-Brewin...
It helps not having Haywood in there
but yeah, he has a little extra spring in his step tonight.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
Now Hanneman's dropping OAR plugs, along with cheeseball wordplay?
“Al Jefferson and the Timberwolves, tonight, looking to take this town!”
Cue “This Town”
Dark Love is a-Brewin...
ugly pick and roll defense
led to the easy rebound and put-back for najera. Can’t give ’em those…
Darkos now enters the game....
Mn leads 23 – 22
Jefferson 5 for 5, Wolves up 19 to 9, then the brilliant decision making of the wolves gives him no more possessions
Dallas goes on a 17 to 4 run……
you keep feeding the hot man!!
by Kevin Love Jefferson on Mar 8, 2010 7:32 PM CST reply actions
When did Dallas sign Grady...
from “Sanford and Son”?
Seriously, Stevenson’s beard is just out there!
How do you spell Sugar Candy Mountain in MN?
L-O-T-T-E-R-Y
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 7:40 PM CST up reply actions
cuz of that sweet reverse kayup :)
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 7:42 PM CST up reply actions
Last game Barea looked like an All-Star
Now Eduardo effing Najera?
Eduardo should simply go by “Ed” Najera. How sweet would that be?
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
I have a theory
that since he and Darko are friends, Rambis is giving Sasha more minutes so that Sasha lobbies Darko to stay here.
(BTW, I only half believe my own theory).
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
sadly so does Rambis
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
Hollins actually able to delicately tip a rebound to himself
using both hands. Wow. That’s growth, that’s growth.
Hollins mixing it up with Stevenson...
apparently hit him with an elbow. If he used his hands, not sure he could have hit the mark.
if you had any doubts, you are quite the fan...
to risk screwing up your ’puter for the chance to watch extended Sasha minutes
Man this is so ugly....
I was thinking of going to a game during Spring Break but there is no way I’m wasting my money on this.
Sasha's form is awful.
If we can fix Corey’s stroke, why not at least HELP Sasha a bit so his minutes aren’t so unbearable.
it's official...
only reason I’m still watching is to see Corey push the streak to #28
COREY!
and with that, there is no more reason to watch…
ah, not yet...
Brewer called my bluff. But I have to say the 14 pt deficit feels like 24. Probably because I missed the 19-9 start.
And I will scatter your ashes Lebowski-style into Kahn's face
(no disrespect, BVP – all malice directed at POBO)
is it that far off, though?
Maybe not his ceiling, but Barea seems like a short, scoring guard without the height or range of Terry? It seems somewhat realistic to me… (or maybe this is just me not being a huge fan of Flynn and getting pouty watching bench players consistently torch my favorite squad.)
But it seems like he has more space to operate in
If we played a spread offense with the bigs out of the lane, it would allow Flynn to play drive and kick. I’m not saying we should change our offense, I just think that our offense isn’t geared toward drive and kick.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
Our guys drive into trouble & never kick.
They get trapped by 3 men.
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 8, 2010 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
27 minutes to score plus 14 to tie it!
Go Twolves
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 7:57 PM CST reply actions
We now only need to score +18 in 28 minutes
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 8:02 PM CST reply actions
If your child can play...
get him to the Target Center soon! We’ll put him in Tucker’s uniform – nobody knows what he looks like anyway! :)
Brewer just got smacked in the head
at least theyre comical
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 8:06 PM CST reply actions
At some point he's going to get brushed off the plate
in retaliation for Jet’s injury the other day.
"It has come to the editor’s attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil rights movement. We regret the omission."
Just to clarify
I don’t promote violence I saw as a Three Stooges smack in the head
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
Good Lord Al
Caron Butler is fronting you in the post and what do you do? You try to seal him a few feet from the basket so that we can’t lob an entry pass over Caron’s head. How about moving out away from the basket a few feet!
DAL only has 1 TO??? just wow...
and we got 14 already…
i better stay away from any stream tonite.
Why does Love have half as many minutes as Hollins?
Did I miss something?
One of the few passes to the baseline cutter Al has made all season.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite part about that block was how confused Jonny looked afterward
Wait, didn’t I have an easy layup? Where did that guy come from?
too bad they don't call goaltending when the defender blocks it from behind
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
He did have any easy pass to Corey, I must admit.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
he did us a favor...
knowing the world would end if he finished a half with seven assists
I do think, however
that Jonny will be much improved next season.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
What’s sad to me is that a great majority of this board displays more knowledge about the fundamentals of the game than our team does.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
in fairness to Jonny...
I have NEVER seen a NBA player choose to shoot a reverse layup to finish a one-on-none breakaway
DWade does it fairly regularly, doesn’t he? And Kobe?
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
He could have kep his back between him and the defender & finished,
but he turned his body to the right side, where his body would not be in the way of the pursuing defender, exposing the ball. The guy would have had to climb his back.
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 8, 2010 8:20 PM CST up reply actions
Completely off topic
But has there ever been a professional athlete that has dealt with not one, but TWO alleged sexual assaults within the span of a little more than one year? What is Roethisberger doing?!
its a publicity stunt
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 8:20 PM CST up reply actions
Anybody tuning in to CLE-SAS on NBAtv?
Clearly Cavs announcers, and they are @#$%ing annoying!
Dark Love is a-Brewin...
Corey Brewer triple double watch
10 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists at the half. At this pace of play, you just never know what might happen. Perhaps even a quadruple double is in play with 3 turnovers as well!
In a weird way
it’s like we’re slowly improving some very promising talents while going for the ping pong balls. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if a month or two into next season this team really took off.
Assuming we keep blowing chunks and get one of the top two draft picks.
i hope so...
…because this is getting old and repetitive to watch.
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
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pavs and hollins..
…both have more minutes than the team’s best player.
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in other words...
..the team’s two worst players have more burn than their best.
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although..
…to be fair, the mavs went to a zone early on and this loss will be on the perimeter players for being unable to handle a basic f’ing zone defense.
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
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but isn't Love both a better outside shooter and rebounder for other outside shots?
Wouldn’t a zone defense be one of the more effective defenses for Love to face?
yes..
…they could plant him at the free throw line and use him to collapse the defense. it’s pretty much the most basic way to attack a zone. amazingly, the wolves aren’t using him (or darko). a big who can pass from the free throw line and who can knock down the mid range jumper is a zone killer every bit as much as a guard who can hit the 3 and put it on the deck with proficiency.
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I don't get it
It’s hard to believe that Hollins is that much more effective to warrant twice the PT
the sad thing is
Hollins is wicked athletic. if he had any clue as to what he was supposed to do he would deserve those minutes. sadly, that’s not the case.
Great fastbreak defense by Brewer
Completely changed that shot without committing the foul
i feel bad for jonny
he’s like ollie in hoosiers. you love the guy, and really want him to succeed…but when it counts he’s going to dribble off his foot and out of bounds.
beaubois..
…can get whatever he wants against him. it’s almost comical.
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
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He just got whatever he wanted from Love as well. It’s not just Jonny.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
OK, I know Marion is pretty good
But he’s made a thousand of those one-handed flip shots on the run tonight. Those aren’t easy.
Al: There were 4 guys collapsing on you
There had to have been a better shot than a fall-away baby hook!
I gotta bad feeling...
that KLove may be part of a summer trade. It’s obvious that Rambis is not impressed with his game.
the rotations are out of control right now
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
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Let's showcase Al the rest of this season
Tonite may be the beginning of the process.
He's had it easy tonight
He’s got the likes of Dampier, Marion, and Najera trying to defend him as opposed to Dampier or Haywood. He would not be doing this against those two.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
wow, Pavs just got his 3 for the month...
put him back in mothballs till April…
Love just made it to double digits.
In minutes. WTF!
He is our best player
but tonight he has looked horrible.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
yes not one of his best games
but we should still develop our young players. Flynn has 7 TO’s and 1-6 but played 22 mins already.
Flynn with 8 assists
Can he get 2 more for his first ever double-digit game?
After posting that, I realized how sad it was that our #6 overall pick at PG hasn’t had such a game yet, at least to my knowledge.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
And Curry only has 6 points through 3. My own personal schaudenfraude.
by BVP on Mar 8, 2010 8:56 PM CST up reply actions
Collisions shorter than Flynn.....
No thanks, I’ll stick with Jonny
No he's not.
Collison is 6’1". Flynn is 6’0", if that. (And it’s irrelevant, since Collison is producing what he’s producing regardless of how tall he is.)
Al takes on the quadruple team
And dribbles off his leg. Awesome.
sure would be nice if it was legal to pass out of those...
….wait, it is? someone, quick, tell the man!!!
Tonight is one night I don't blame him
No one else has proven they can do crap. Our best offense has been Al forcing up shots.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
Love not getting any PT
is really starting to annoy the fuck out of me, this is a 14 win team, no reason why he shouldn’t be playing 30+
Rambis really needs to learn how to coach a young developing team. Its not very fucking complex.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed...
It’s also worrisome for what it suggests about Rambis’ ability to evaluate talent. If he doesn’t realize that Love is one of the (if not THE) best players on this team, I don’t want him divvying up minutes for this team next year and beyond.
New theory...
We plan to keep Love, but he looks too good. In order to keep him out of trade discussions and to improve our ping-pong number, the POBO and Rambis have cooked up a system to lessen KLove’s value by putting him in situations where he can’t look good, thus making Al look even better to potential trading partners this summer. They are trying the same tactic with Hollins, but, well, uhhhhh….and here’s where the theory breaks down. ;-)
I actually agree with this theory
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Pavs is playing so bad...
it seems he’s playing for the Mavs. buh-dum-tss
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:10 PM CST reply actions
Development strategy
4v6 is a good way to learn.
Ryan Hollins
with possibly his finest non-putback rebound as a Wolf (or player) ever.
at this point, based on Love's minutes and shooting...
I’m gonna have to assume he’s fighting an illness of some sort, or something like that. If not, let’s start giving Bill Lambier some minutes…
Hollins should only be on the court
for a dunk competition.
Agreed. However he could probably do better than what I saw this year
but a name like Ryan Hollins will never make it to allstar weekend
-17 +/-
and it’s worse than that looks. I know ellington’s hurt. more wilkins, even, c’mon
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Good call what happened to Wilkins tonight?
Must’ve looked at Rambis’ daughter the wrong way?
Pavlov's Dog Licks
not salivates. God, he’s awful
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Don't mess with Hollins, Butler
He’ll knock you out with those hands of stone!
Hollins = wolves goon!
he’s growing on me
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
No how skinny that guy looks
I’m not getting into a fight with him. I bet he’s a beast.
Side note, I hate announcers that whine like the Dallas ones are right now.
Indeed, they are hard on the ear
think of they had a twang to go with their whine.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
I give him credit
for at least scrapping out there and playing with a bit of fire.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 8, 2010 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
Only +16 pts. 4 in mintues to tie!!
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:16 PM CST reply actions
How could Hollins have attended UCLA for 4 years...
and not have somebody point him to the volleyball court? Could have been a monster front liner on the olympic team.
That's why Hollins did not play much
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
He did clear his height, which is impressive.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Pavs 4-12 fg
better than his 0-3 from FT.
and he’s still on the court.
I heard Rambis is the one who lobbied for him. admit you were wrong, kurt, please
I think this game shows once again
that the Twolves lack any complete combination of a squad
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:21 PM CST reply actions
They suck pretty completely in combination.
Trying to be optimistic here
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
I'm just saying they got good players
but they can’t find a way where they work well together.
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
That's the problem in the NBA though
everyone has good players. So the mix is important, plus at least one superstar and a supporting star even teams want to compete on a nightly basis.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Al = good Al
36 pts, 13 Assists. I’ll take it.
No need for corrections, we all knew it was RBs
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
that's about two quarters of turnovers
for these guys
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
How are we averaging only 16 TO /game???
Every game seems like 19, 20 or more. When was the last time we were under 18? It is unbelievable how many dumb TOs we get every game.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
+12 points in two minutes!!!!
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:26 PM CST reply actions
Not anymore
This is now a Tween’s game
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:30 PM CST up reply actions
They just need Lawrence Westbrook
Because he can just take over a game whenever he wants
Dark Love is a-Brewin...
Maybe not Westbrook
but someone… ANYONE with that capability (I guess Al falls into that category some of the time)
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:33 PM CST up reply actions
Ha
That was the Westbrook submission for KFANs Preposterous Statements award.
Dark Love is a-Brewin...
I've had too many
I thought we were talking about the Vikings backup RB situation
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
Smash you're head against you're tv for a minute
and you’ll be there in no time
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
Shhh, don't leak our secret recipe
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Rambis.
Wow i never thought I would say this, but i would definitly prefer Coach Kevin McHale over Coach Kurt Rambis. I know that its not even been a full year yet, but if Rambis keeps this up its not looking good. At least McHale showed promise and had some sense of what the f he was doing. On the other hand, Rambis is a mess, has the most absurd rotations and allocates minutes awfully. Oh… and most of all, McHale would start love, no doubt.
Anyone?
dont get confused between McHale the GM and McHale the Coach please.
because I despise McHale the GM.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:30 PM CST up reply actions
Mchale GM
maybe signs pavs to long-term contract, so….
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
lol, he probably would. But McHale the coach wasnt half bad. McHale the GM was the most dreadful GM in the history of sports
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:33 PM CST up reply actions
We'll never know about McFail as coach
Two issues: A) he probably got a little bounce after they fired Witless, who was simply awful in all respects; B) he didn’t even like doing it, the travel, etc. So over time that would have played out, probably negatively.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
agreed
Whitman maybe was worst wolves coach. OK, absolutely.
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
I would like see someone tear him a new hoophole
just like he did to his players. He was terrible. Still love the picture someone posted of him in his shorts and loafers. Ewwww.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Sorry, Mchale and the good ol' boys would me mired in mediocrity
at the pinnacle. No thanks. I’ll still give Rambis some time, Kahn’s windows are closing fast, though one last one may remain open so that he can be defenestrated if his plan does not pan out.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
I agree with you
the players seemed to respond to McFale (the coach). they were energetic and upbeat even though they sucked. I think they are playing for the #1 pick.
they're playing hard for rambis
you just get killed by Dallas when you have a billion to
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:33 PM CST up reply actions
I agree fully.
The team seemed definitly seemed much more upbeat and energetic, for sure. And atleast we knew what we were going to get with McHale. I seriously have no idea what the hell is happening in Rambis’s brain… but i can tell you one thing, he certainly isnt taking logic into account
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
I still say
it was a reaction to the Whitman firing. In many cases, teams show improved play after a coach is canned.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
i was a better fan after whitman was fired
cheered a lot harder
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
very true about wittman
but remember that McHale also did a good job when Saunders got fired in 2005. Goddam i miss Flip… now there’s a coach to be proud of.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
and i just agreed with your point without even recognizing it..
god im tired.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
god hired flip to be with us for those glorious years.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
does that make McHale the anti-Christ?
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
I understand where your coming from.
Hell, I know its probably a bit premature that we can say Rambis is an idiot. Because he was, after all, coached by arguably the greatest coach in the history of the NBA for his whole career and coveted by a number of NBA teams. But still… these lineups are so goddam sporadic, nowhere in the NBA do we see any team with this happening (except for maybe Westphal in Sacramento… but who knows wtf is happening down there… Supposedly Hawes and Tyreke got pissed at Westphal, so Hawes got sat the next game, etc. IDK)
But cmon its not like Pavs was playing well… he was -20, shooting 3-10, 0-3 from the FT line, his usually sub-par defense… any coach would take him out of the game, but instead he kept in… even during crunch time. Maybe, like you said, Wilkins needed the night off/didnt understand game plan… and could as well have been the same with Tucker… but atleast put in the best lineup (big man lineup, small man lineup, idc) to help you win the game, and tonight (or any other night) that was not pavs.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
It is naive to pretend you know know why guys are coming in and out
We have no idea what goes on in practice, we have no idea who is banged up, we have no idea what guys are being asked to do, etc. Just because we can’t figure out why Love got 12 minutes tonight doesn’t mean there isn’t a good reason. Half the time the complaint seems to be ‘make him earn the minutes (usually Flynn)’, half the time it is ‘just play him it isn’t like it matters (usually Love)‘.
Sorry, just getting fed up with the assumptions that we’re tanking or Rambis is an idiot because the rotations seem odd to a bunch of fans, even hoop-head fans. No offense.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
explain why pavs plays
and I’ll give you the rest
by ChicagoViking on Mar 8, 2010 9:37 PM CST up reply actions
Part of the point is....
….I don’t know. But I’m not leaping to ‘a guy who’s been on the bench with HOF coaches for many years and widely considered a top coaching prospect is actually a total idiot/trying to lose’.
Pavs played 21 minutes Wilkins 1, Brewer 39, and Gomes (37) the rest at the 2/3. So Pavs took time from Wilkins and Tucker. Tucker is nailed to the bench for reasons none of us know. Maybe Wilkins is hurt, maybe he routinely gets used by the guys he would have been defending. Maybe Pavs was doing all the right things. Maybe Wilkins needed the night off or completely failed to execute what they worked on in practice. Pavs was in the doghouse and just admitted he wasn’t playing the right way, maybe Rambis saw him doing the right things and let him go. I mean seriously, we can’t know. It is easy to say ‘play Tucker what have we got to lose.’ But it is quite likely Tucker would have been worse.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
i understand where your coming from.
Hell, I know its probably a bit premature that we can say Rambis is an idiot. Because he was, after all, coached by arguably the greatest coach in the history of the NBA for his whole career and coveted by a number of NBA teams. But still… these lineups are so goddam sporadic, nowhere in the NBA do we see any team with this happening (except for maybe Westphal in Sacramento… but who knows wtf is happening down there… Supposedly Hawes and Tyreke got pissed at Westphal, so Hawes got sat the next game, etc. IDK)
But cmon its not like Pavs was playing well… he was -20, shooting 3-10, 0-3 from the FT line, his usually sub-par defense… any coach would take him out of the game, but instead he kept in… even during crunch time. Maybe, like you said, Wilkins needed the night off/didnt understand game plan… and could as well have been the same with Tucker… but atleast put in the best lineup (big man lineup, small man lineup, idc) to help you win the game, and tonight (or any other night) that was not pavs.
by jordanmowbray on Mar 8, 2010 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
Jersey lost in Memphis
7-56
well, you know…
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
You forgot to add
Poor basterds
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
It's become a familiar refrain, like that jeep driver in M*A*S*H (movie)
“F*&^ing Army”
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Dude, ya’ll gotta get rid of Hollins! Trust me, we saw this last season. He’s a knuckelhead. Like in the playoffs when he dunked on Duncan then talked trash to him.
god news is my favorite news
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
God writes his news on Sarah Palin's hand
as a poor man’s teleprompter
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
God bless Palin
without her we would all be improsoned by the Chinamen
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by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
apparently
Obama said backwards mean “I’ll let the Chinamen imprison my people and turn them into communists” in Swahili. Or so I heard…
OK, I missed this quote
which so insane that I normally would assume it’s a joke. Recent remark she made?
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
It's not a remark
It’s a fact of life. Viva la Palin ’11
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Mar 8, 2010 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
Palin Bachman Bech
A Trinity of Dunces
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Wow 120 points for Dallas
and Love is on the bench probably because he’s a bad defensive matchup against the Mavs
a moral victory
they had 37 in the second. We held them to under 150 for the night.
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Oh the matchups!
Heaven forbid we give Love and Jefferson any burn together against a team with zero uninjured centers. They simply don’t have the size to contend with massive frontlines like Marion/Najera.
It doesn't matter who we draft/sign...
Wall/Turner/Gay, whoever we get Rambis will find a way to get the least possible out of him. He’s kind of like Greg Popvoch…only the exact opposite.
I am pulling for Dallas
come playoff time.
by bheidge on Mar 8, 2010 9:34 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
25 turnovers to 8.... thats the story of the game...... with Flynn our leader at 8
by Kevin Love Jefferson on Mar 8, 2010 9:34 PM CST reply actions
Also...
Don’t think Kahn can do anything about the disaster that is Kurt Rambis. Kahn has a 2 year 1 million dollar contract. Rambis is 4 year 8 Million. WE all know who’s calling the shots there.
new theory
Love is working Rambis’ daughter. She’s a California girl…
Rambis is upset, does not accept the relationship. I’ve seen this movie. In the end, there’s a wedding and an NBA championship.
Don't forget the Beach Boys connection, either
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." Casey Stengel
Love is probably gay.
I have a finely tuned gaydar and Love is definitely beeping like crazy.
Pau Gasol also sets off the ‘ol gaydar. I know he’s married, but I’m pretty certain he’s gay, whereas I only have a hunch about Love.
Turn off that gaydar in your pants...
It only works one way.
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